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Rachel Barrett (12 November 1874 – 26 August 1953) was a Welsh suffragette and newspaper editor born in Carmarthen. Educated at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth she became a science teacher, but quit her job in 1906 on hearing Nellie Martel speak of women's suffrage, joined the Women's Social and Politica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Barrett |
Millett may refer to:
People
Adia Millett, American artist
Anthea Millett (born 1941), British public servant
Arthur Millett (1874–1952), American actor
Charisse Millett (born 1964), American politician
Frederick Millett (1928–1990), English cricketeer
John D. Millett (1912–1993), president of Miami University ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millett |
Nambul: War Stories (; Nambul; literally "Conquering the South") is a South Korean military drama manhwa series, written by Lee Hyun-se (; Hanja: 李賢世; I Hyeon-se) first published in 1994. Nambul: War Stories follows the political and personal consequences during an imaginary future conflict between Korea and Japan. Thr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nambul%3A%20War%20Stories |
Richard Clements may refer to:
Richard Clements (journalist) (1928–2006), UK journalist, former editor of Tribune
Richard Clements (painter) (1951–1999), Australian painter
Richard Clements, American wrestler, ring name Quicksilver
See also
Dick Clement (born 1937), English writer
Richard Clement (courtier), Eng... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Clements |
Daniela Bártová-Břečková () (born 6 May 1974) is a retired Czech athlete. She was born in Ostrava. Originally a gymnast, her coach persuaded her to be a pole vaulter. She set nine world records in the mid-1990s, but she lost it on 4 November 1995 to Sun Caiyun and was unable to recapture it. Her personal best is 4.51 m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniela%20B%C3%A1rtov%C3%A1 |
Erlach District is a constitutional district in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital is Erlach.
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Seeland (administrative district), whose administrative centre is Aarberg. Since 2010, it remains a fully recognised distr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlach%20District |
The 2002 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge was the inaugural edition of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 9–17 February 2002.
Squads
Results
Group stage
Fixtures
Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Statistics
Final standings... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Women%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
Expansive Poetry is a movement in United States poetry that began in the 1980s. It is an umbrella term coined by Wade Newman for the movements of New Formalism and New Narrative, and the term is controversial even among many of the writers it purports to describe. Although more New Formalism and New Narrative poets ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansive%20Poetry |
Skhira () is a coastal town in Sfax Governate (), central-eastern Tunisia. It is located at around . It lies on the coast of the Gulf of Gabes. It has a large oil terminal for pipelines coming from the Tunisian and Algerian oilfields. The old village grew in the late nineteenth century as the centre of the export trade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skhira |
The festival of the Skira () or Skirophoria () in the calendar of ancient Athens, closely associated with the Thesmophoria, marked the dissolution of the old year in May/June.
Description
At Athens, the last month of the year was Skirophorion, after the festival. Its most prominent feature was the procession that led... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skira |
Johann Friedrich Krummnow (or Krumnow) (1811 – 3 October 1880) was a German-born settler in Australia. He arrived in South Australia in 1839 and in 1852 he founded a community named Herrnhut located near Penshurst in western Victoria. This was Australia's first intentional community based on the principles of shared pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Friedrich%20Krummnow |
The Norwood Junction railway crash occurred on 1 May 1891, when a cast-iron underbridge over Portland Road, north-east of Norwood Junction railway station, fractured under the weight of an express train from Brighton to London Bridge.
The locomotive, no. 175 "Hayling" crossed the bridge safely with most of its carria... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood%20Junction%20rail%20accident |
St Columb Canal sometimes referred to as Edyvean's Canal, was an abortive canal scheme in Cornwall, England, designed for the carriage of sea sand for use as manure. It was authorised in 1773, and part of it may have been briefly used around 1780.
History
The canal was first proposed by the Cornish engineer, John Edyv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Columb%20Canal |
Maintenance of Migrants' Pension Rights Convention, 1935 (shelved) is an International Labour Organization Convention.
It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:
Ratifications
Prior to it being shelved, the convention was ratified by 12 states.
References
External links
Text.
Ratifications.
Disability... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maintenance%20of%20Migrants%27%20Pension%20Rights%20Convention%2C%201935%20%28shelved%29 |
The 2003 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge is the second tournament of the field hockey championship for women. It was held in Catania, on the island of Sicily in Italy from July 5–13, 2003.
Squads
Head Coach: Peter Lemmen
Head Coach: Picco Roberto
Head Coach: Tsuda Toshiro
Head Coach: Ian Rutledge
Head Coach: J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Women%27s%20Hockey%20Champions%20Challenge |
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (; born 7 March 1964) is a Kazakh former cross-country skier of Russian descent who raced from the 1982 until 1991 for the USSR and, later, for Kazakhstan. He is the first Olympic champion from independent Kazakhstan and the most decorated Olympian in history of Kazakhstan. He is also a vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Smirnov%20%28skier%29 |
Mateur ( ) is a town in northern Tunisia. It is located at around , close to the Lac Ichkeul National Park.
Overview
Located in the southwest of the governorate of Bizerte, Mateur is the county seat of a delegation of 61,919 inhabitants (2006) while its town counts 49,785 inhabitants divided in 8735 families and occ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateur |
Kasfjord is a village in Harstad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Kasfjorden on the north side of Hinnøya island, about west of the town of Harstad and about south of the village of Elgsnes. The Kasfjordvannet lake is located along the east side of the villa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasfjord |
George Augustus Simcox (18 July 1841 – 1905) was a British classical scholar and poet. He was a Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.
He was educated at the University of Oxford. He was also a critic and busy literary reviewer, in magazines such as the Argosy, the Fortnightly Review and the Academy; and essayist for The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Augustus%20Simcox |
Evenskjer is the administrative centre of Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Tjeldsundet strait about south of the town of Harstad. European route E10 passes just to the north of the village of Evenskjer. The village has a population (2017) of 785 which giv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evenskjer |
Tovik is a village in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland at the entrance of the two fjords; Astafjorden and Vågsfjorden, and at a distance of about from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes. Tovik's population (2001) is 151.
A characteristic feature of this v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tovik |
Grov or Grovfjord () is a village in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located east of the village of Tovik along the Grovfjorden at a very narrow point in the fjord. It is about southeast of the town of Harstad and about west of the town of Narvik. The Moelva and Gårdselv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grov%2C%20Troms |
Der Zwerg (The Dwarf), Op. 17, is an opera in one act by Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky to a libretto by Georg C. Klaren, freely adapted from the short story "The Birthday of the Infanta" by Oscar Wilde.
Composition history
Zemlinsky's choice of this story was a reflection of the end of his relationship wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der%20Zwerg |
Majaz al Bab (), also known as Medjez el Bab, or as Membressa under the Roman Empire, is a town in northern Tunisia. It is located at the intersection of roads GP5 and GP6, in the Plaine de la Medjerda.
Commonwealth war grave site
There is a Commonwealth War Grave site at Majaz al Bab, largely dedicated to those who f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majaz%20al%20Bab |
Grov may refer to:
Places
Grov, Kinn, a village in Kinn municipality in Vestland county, Norway
Grov, Stord, a village in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway
Grov, Troms, a village in Tjeldsund municipality, Troms og Finnmark county, Norway
People
Martinus Grov, a Norwegian archer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grov |
Ferrers may refer to:
People
The Ferrers family
Notable people
Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend, (1861–1924), British army general
Elizabeth Ferrers, (c. 1250 – c. 1300), daughter of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby
George Ferrers, (1500? – 1579), Member of Parliament for Plymouth in the Parliament of 1542
Henry... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrers |
Grov is a small village in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. Grov lies along the Eikefjorden at the junction of the highways Rv.5 and Fv.614, just a couple kilometres south of the Norddalsfjord Bridge. Grov is about east of the village of Brandsøy and east of the town of Florø along Rv.5, and about... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grov%2C%20Kinn |
Belcher's Street is a main street in Kennedy Town of Hong Kong. It connects east Victoria Road and joins west Queen's Road West. A small section in its west end built a turn around for Hong Kong Tramways.
The street was named after Edward Belcher, a Canadian-born Royal Navy officer who surveyed the harbour of Hong Kon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belcher%27s%20Street |
The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (Scottish CND) campaigns for the abolition of nuclear weapons and is one of nine partner organisations of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) active in Scotland.
History
The organisation was founded in 1958.
Scottish independence affiliation
On 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Campaign%20for%20Nuclear%20Disarmament |
Setermoen is the administrative centre of Bardu Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Barduelva river, about east of the village of Sjøvegan and about south of Bardufoss.
The local council proclaimed city status for Setermoen in 1999, but this was rejected by the governm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setermoen |
Count Otto Heinrich Igelström (; ; 7 May 1737 – 1823) was a Russian general from the noble Swedish family of Igelström.
Otto Heinrich Igelström, son of Landmarschall (Country Marshal) in the Governorate of Livonia Freiherr Gustaf Henrik Igelström and Margarethe Elisabeth von Albedyll, was born on 7 May 1737 in Gargžda... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif%20Igelstr%C3%B6m |
Gramática do Kamaiurá, Língua Tupi-Guarani do Alto Xingu, by Lucy Seki, is an authoritative and comprehensive description of Kamayurá, an indigenous language of Brazil.
Kamayurá is spoken by the people of the same name, which number about 290 as of 2005, living in two villages in the Xingu Indigenous Park, Brazil.
B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram%C3%A1tica%20do%20Kamaiur%C3%A1%2C%20L%C3%ADngua%20Tupi-Guarani%20do%20Alto%20Xingu |
Sjøvegan is the administrative centre of Salangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located at the end of the Sagfjorden, a branch of the Salangen fjord. The river Salangselva empties into the fjord at Sjøvegan. The river flows through the lakes Nervatnet and Øvrevatnet just to the east ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sj%C3%B8vegan |
Andslimoen is a village in Målselv Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village, which lies along the river Målselva in the Målselvdalen valley in the western part of the municipality, is part of the urban area known as Bardufoss. The village is located along European route E6 highway, about north o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andslimoen |
Andselv is a village in Målselv Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies along the Andselva river in the urban area called Bardufoss. Andselv is located just north of Bardufoss Airport along the European route E6 highway about north of the village of Heggelia and south of the village of A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andselv |
Skjold is a village in Målselv Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Skjold is located east of the village of Andselv at the confluence of the Målselva and Fjellfrøselva rivers. The village of Holmen lies just east of Skjold. The village has a population (2017) of 303 which gives the village a populati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skjold%2C%20Troms |
El Guettar ( ) is a town in central Tunisia in Gafsa Governorate. It is traditionally known for its pistachio nuts.
History
In the 1950s, archaeologists found a crown of balls, 4,000 silex, mammal's teeth and bones of animals laid out near a dried up watering hole which is some 40,000 years old. Testimony of devotio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Guettar%2C%20Tunisia |
North Eastern General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Eastern%20%28General%20Electors%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Heggelia is a village in Målselv Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the river Barduelva and it is part of the commercial centre of Bardufoss. Heggelia is sits along the European route E6 highway about south of Andselv and Bardufoss Airport.
The village has a population (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heggelia |
Suva City General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suva%20City%20%28General%20Electors%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Giorgio Di Centa (born 7 October 1972 in Tolmezzo, Province of Udine) is an Italian former cross-country skier who won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics, including the individual 50 km freestyle race. He is the younger brother of Olympic gold medalist, cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa.
Biography
Di Centa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio%20Di%20Centa |
Sanja Stijačić (born 14 November 1965) is a Serbian flutist and Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Pristina (Kosovska Mitrovica) and University of East Sarajevo.
Education
Sanja Stijačić was born in Šabac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. She graduated (1990) and completed her postgraduate studies (1998) wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanja%20Stija%C4%8Di%C4%87 |
Tony Pep (born September 14, 1964) is a former professional boxer from New Westminster, British Columbia. He has a record of 42 wins (22 of which were by knockout), 10 losses, and 1 draw.
Boxing career
During his career, Pep held the Commonwealth super featherweight title, the IBO lightweight title and the Canadian l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Pep |
Life simulation games form a subgenre of simulation video games in which the player lives or controls one or more virtual characters (human or otherwise). Such a game can revolve around "individuals and relationships, or it could be a simulation of an ecosystem". Other terms include artificial life game and simulated l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20simulation%20game |
Boughrara () is a coastal town in central-eastern Tunisia. It is located at around . During the Roman occupation of North Africa, Boughrara was known as Gigthis.
See also
Gigthi
Populated places in Tunisia
Populated coastal places in Tunisia
Medenine Governorate | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boughrara |
Auch is a family name which has two possible origins, one originating in southern Germany and the other in France.
The name Auch is common in Southern Germany as an occupational surname for those who watched livestock at night, from the Middle High German Uhte, which means "night watch", "night pasture", or "the time ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auch%20%28name%29 |
Jimmy McDougall was Procurator Fiscal in Dumfries when Pan Am Flight 103 crashed at Lockerbie, Scotland, on 21 December 1988 killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew on board, as well as 11 people in the town of Lockerbie .
Responsibility
In Scotland, responsibility for the investigation of sudden deaths rests with the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20McDougall |
Edith Jemima Simcox (21 August 1844 – 15 September 1901) was a British philosopher, writer, trade union activist, and feminist.
She published a large number of journal articles in Fraser's Magazine, Fortnightly Review, The Nineteenth Century, Macmillan's Magazine, Contemporary Review, the philosophy journal Mind (jo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Simcox |
Gryllefjord is a fishing village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the island of Senja, along the Gryllefjorden in the northern part of the municipality. The village has a population (2017) of 383 which gives the village a population density of .
The Andenes–Gryllefjord Fer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gryllefjord |
The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song was a benefit concert of popular music held in the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on January 9, 1979. It was intended to raise money for UNICEF world hunger programs and to mark the beginning of the International Year of the Child. The concert was videotape... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20for%20UNICEF%20Concert |
Nonviolence International (NI) acts as a network of resource centers that promote the use of nonviolence and nonviolent resistance. They have maintained relationships with activists in a number of countries, with their most recent projects taking place in Palestine, Sudan and Ukraine. They partnered with International ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolence%20International |
Skaland is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the shores of the Bergsfjorden on the northwest side of the island of Senja, about to the southwest of the village of Senjahopen and about southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Finnsæter is located ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaland |
Senjahopen or Senjehopen is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Senjahopen is located along the Mefjorden on the northwest part of the large island of Senja, where it is one of the most important fishing villages on the island. Another nearby fishing village is Mefjordvær, which locat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senjahopen |
Silsand is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the large island of Senja. The village has a population (2017) of 1,583 which gives the village a population density of .
Silsand is now considered a suburb of the neighboring town of Finnsnes, which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silsand |
A Gift of Song may refer to:
Music for UNICEF Concert, subtitled A Gift of Song, a benefit concert held in the United Nations General Assembly
A Gift of Song (The Sandpipers album)
See also
Gift of Song, a 1970 album by Judith Durham | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Gift%20of%20Song |
Obersimmental District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power was the municipality of Zweisimmen.
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Obersimmental-Saanen (administrative distr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obersimmental%20District |
Gibostad is a village on the large island of Senja in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Gibostad is a former trading centre, located about north of the Gisund Bridge. Many of the buildings in the harbour area are about 200 years old. The soil is very fertile and therefore suitable for farming, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibostad |
Ördög (Ürdüng in Old Hungarian and equivalent to Erlik in Turkic mythology) is a shape-shifting, demonic creature from Hungarian mythology and early Hungarian paganism who controls the dark and evil forces of the world.
After Christianization, it was identified with the devil. It is often said in Hungarian mythology th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96rd%C3%B6g |
The Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the greatest ODI ever".
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20cricket%20team%20in%20South%20Africa%20in%202005%E2%80%9306 |
Peter Stefan Dyakowski (born April 19, 1984) is a retired Canadian football offensive lineman, who was most recently a member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2007 to 2016. Dyakowski has also served as Treasurer of the Canadian Football Le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Dyakowski |
Husøy may refer to:
Places
Husøy, Senja, an island/village off the coast of Senja in Lenvik municipality, Norway
Husøy, Solund, an island in Solund municipality, Norway
Husøy, Træna, the administrative centre of Træna municipality, Norway (also called Husøya)
Husøy, Tønsberg, an island in Tønsberg municipality, Norway... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hus%C3%B8y |
Parashat Vayikra, VaYikra, Va-yikra, Wayyiqra, or Wayyiqro (—Hebrew for "and He called," the first word in the parashah) is the 24th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the Book of Leviticus. The parashah lays out the laws of sacrifices (, korbanot). It constit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayikra%20%28parashah%29 |
Mabel Margaret DeWare ( Keiver; 9 August 1926 – 17 August 2022) was a Canadian politician, senator, and curler.
DeWare was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, to parents Mary and Hugh Keiver.
She skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in , forerunner to the Scott... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel%20DeWare |
Husøy is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village covers the entire island of Husøy which is located in the Øyfjorden off the northwest coast of the large island of Senja. The village/island is located about southwest of the city of Tromsø. The village of Fjordgård sits about a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hus%C3%B8y%2C%20Senja |
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The venue was the Max Bell Arena in Calgary. The 1988 Winter Olympics was the second time curling was a demonstration sport at the Winter Games, previously being competed at the 1932 Olympics.
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Men
Teams
*throws thir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling%20at%20the%201988%20Winter%20Olympics |
Aino-Maija Luukkonen (born 14 October 1958 in Pyhämaa, Uusikaupunki) is the mayor of the Finnish city Pori. She stepped out of the mayor's place in July 2022 and is spending a vacation before retirement in March 2023.
She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue).
Ref... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aino-Maija%20Luukkonen |
Birštonas () is a balneological resort and a spa town in Lithuania situated south of Kaunas on the right bank of the Nemunas River. Birštonas received its city rights 1529 and was appointed a city in 1966. The city is the administrative centre of the Birštonas municipality.
Name
Birštonas is the Lithuanian name of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bir%C5%A1tonas |
West Central General Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 3 communal constituencies reserved for General Electors, an omnibus category including Caucasians, Chinese, and all others whose ethnicity was neither indigenous Fijian nor Indo-Fijian. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Central%20%28General%20Electors%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Hansnes is the administrative centre of Karlsøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the northeast side of the island of Ringvassøya, along the Langsundet strait. By car, it is about northeast of the city of Tromsø. The Langsund Tunnel is a proposed undersea tunnel which will ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansnes |
Lyngseidet (also or ) is the administrative centre of Lyngen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on an isthmus that is about wide between an arm of the Ullsfjorden and the Lyngenfjorden.
The village is home to two grocery stores, Lyngen Church, nursing home, schools, daycare, ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngseidet |
Shane Bond (born 9 July 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.
AFL career
West Coast Eagles career (1994–1996)
Recruited from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Port Adelaide, Bond debuted with the West Coast Eagles in 1994, going on to play 34 games and k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20Bond%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201975%29 |
or is a village in Lyngen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Lyngen fjord. Furuflaten is located at the mouth of the Lyngsdalselva river, about south of the village of Lyngseidet and about straight southeast of the city of Tromsø.
The village has a population (2018... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furuflaten |
A singing cowboy was a subtype of the archetypal cowboy hero of early Western films. It references real-world campfire side ballads in the American frontier, the original cowboys sang of life on the trail with all the challenges, hardships, and dangers encountered while pushing cattle for miles up the trails and across... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing%20cowboy |
Olderdalen ( or Dálvvesvággi; ) is the administrative centre of the municipality of Gáivuotna – Kåfjord – Kaivuono in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. Olderdalen is located in the Olderdalen valley along the Kåfjorden with a view of the Lyngen Alps. The village has a ferry connection to Lyngseidet, the administrativ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olderdalen |
Demir Demirkan () (born 12 August 1972) is a Turkish musician, Eurovision Song Contest winning composer, formerly guitarist for thrash metal band Mezarkabul. Demir Demirkan started playing music when he was 13 and played guitar with various groups in college. Demir Demirkan also wrote television jingles and composed so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demir%20Demirkan |
Storslett is the administrative centre of Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located at the southern end of the Reisafjorden along the mouth of the river Reisaelva. The village has a population (2017) of 1,837 which gives the village a population density of .
Nordreisa Church... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storslett |
Sørkjosen (, ) is a village in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the shores of the Reisafjorden about northwest of the municipal center of Storslett. Sørkjosen has many industries including fishing, dairy production, and a sawmill.
The village has a population... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rkjosen |
Water supply and sanitation in the United Kingdom is provided by a number of water and sewerage companies. Twelve companies and organisations provide drainage and sewerage services, each over a wide area, to the whole United Kingdom; and supply water to most customers in their areas of operation. There are also 'water ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20water%20companies |
Louis-Aimé Maillart (March 24, 1817 – May 26, 1871) was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars and Lara.
Biography
Maillart was born in Montpellier (Hérault). He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1833, learning composition from Aimé-Ambroise-Simon Leborne and Froment... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aim%C3%A9%20Maillart |
Sørkjosen Airport (; ) is a regional airport located at the village of Sørkjosen in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, about from the municipal center of Storslett. Owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, it handled 15,198 passengers in 2014. The airport has a runway and is served by Wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8rkjosen%20Airport |
Lai Chi Kok Bay (Chinese: 荔枝角灣) or Lai Wan (Chinese: 荔灣) was a bay west of Lai Chi Kok in Hong Kong. North of the bay is Kau Wa Keng. The bay was largely recreational during its history. In the early and mid 20th century, bathing pavilions were built on the beach of the bay for swimmers, and boats were rented for rowin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lai%20Chi%20Kok%20Bay |
Tennevoll or Tennevollen is the administrative centre of Lavangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about straight east of the town of Harstad. Tennevoll is located at the end of the Lavangsfjorden, along the river Spansdalselva, which flows through the Spansdalen valley. The tall ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennevoll |
Sven Harald Linderot (8 October 1889, in Skedevi, Finspång, Östergötland County – 7 April 1956) was a Swedish Communist leader. He was born Sven Harald Larsson but changed his surname to Linderot in 1918. Among party members he was also known as Sven-Lasse.
Linderot became active in the Swedish Social Democratic Party... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven%20Linderot |
Serta is an American company based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, that specializes in developing and manufacturing mattresses. It was founded in 1931 in Illinois as Sleeper, Inc. by 13 mattress manufacturers who licensed the Serta name; subsequently, eight independent licensees acting like a cooperative owned the compan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serta%20%28company%29 |
Willmoore Bohnert Kendall Jr. (March 5, 1909 – June 30, 1967) was an American conservative writer and a professor of political philosophy.
Early life and education
Kendall was born March 5, 1909, in Konawa, Oklahoma. His father, who was blind, was a Southern Methodist minister who preached in Konawa and other local to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willmoore%20Kendall |
Rotuma Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, the sole communal constituency reserved for citizens of Rotuman descent. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. Its boundaries encompassed the entire nation; Rotuman-de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotuma%20%28Rotuman%20Communal%20Constituency%2C%20Fiji%29 |
Habibolah Bitaraf () is an Iranian reformist politician. He was Energy Minister for 8 years during Mohammad Khatami presidency. He also served as provincial governor of Yazd.
He was nominated as the energy minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 8 August 2017 but he was the only nominee who did not gain a vote of conf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habibollah%20Bitaraf |
Jayne Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed; 10 January 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Karen Betts in Bad Girls. She has appeared in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, Safari School in 2007, and Celebrity Big Brother 14 in 2014. She... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire%20King |
Kellett Bay (), or Kai Lung Wan () is a bay on southwestern Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, to the southeast of Waterfall Bay.
The pronunciation of Wan () in Kai Lung Wan in the Cantonese language is like the one in (as in Cheung Sha Wan, To Kwa Wan and Causeway Bay (Tung Lo Wan)).
Kellett Bay was named after the nav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellett%20Bay |
Short track speed skating was a demonstration sport at the 1988 Winter Olympic Games. Those competition events took place at the Max Bell Arena in Calgary. This was the only time in the history of Olympic Games that the short track venue was shared with curling.
Medal table
Men's events
500 m
Final A
February 23, 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-track%20speed%20skating%20at%20the%201988%20Winter%20Olympics |
Kaldfjord is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the southeastern end of the Kaldfjorden on the island of Kvaløya about west of the city of Tromsø. There are several villages located around Kaldfjord including Kjosen, Ersfjordbotn, and Kvaløysletta. Kaldfjord is con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaldfjord |
Dongs of Sevotion is the eighth studio album by Smog. It was released on April 3, 2000, in Europe by Domino Recording Company and a day later in North America by Drag City. It peaked at number 28 on the UK Independent Albums Chart.
Critical reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongs%20of%20Sevotion |
The Sabinian school was one of the two important schools of Law in Rome during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE.
The Sabinians took their name from Masurius Sabinus but later were known as Cassians after Sabinus' student, Cassius Longinus.
Sabinian views were based on the teachings of Gaius Ateius Capito, Sabinus' instru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabinian%20school |
Sommarøy is an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. The village has a population (2017) of 321 which gives the village a populat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommar%C3%B8y |
Movik is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located along the Tromsøysundet strait on the mainland part of the municipality. The village sits about northeast of the city of Tromsø and about north of the village of Kroken. The village has a population (2017) of 381 which giv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movik |
The Franz–Keldysh effect is a change in optical absorption by a semiconductor when an electric field is applied. The effect is named after the German physicist Walter Franz and Russian physicist Leonid Keldysh.
Karl W. Böer observed first the shift of the optical absorption edge with electric fields during the disco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%E2%80%93Keldysh%20effect |
Ersfjordbotn is a village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on an isthmus between the Ersfjorden and the Kaldfjorden on the island of Kvaløya. It is about west of the city of Tromsø. The villages of Kjosen and Kvaløysletta are located just to the east of Ersfjordbot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ersfjordbotn |
This is an incomplete list of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom in 1960. This listing includes the complete, 45 items, "Partial Dataset" as listed on www.legislation.gov.uk (as at March 2014).
Statutory Instruments
The Coal and Other Mines (Shafts, Outlets and Roads) Regulations, 1960 SI 1960/69
The Plant an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Statutory%20Instruments%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom%2C%201960 |
Rypefjord is a village in Hammerfest Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located just south of the town of Hammerfest on the western side of the large island of Kvaløya. Rypefjord was the main population centre of the former municipality of Sørøysund. Today, Rypefjord is considered a sub... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rypefjord |
Omnipol is a company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specialising in the trading of defence and aerospace equipment.
International sales
Omnipol acts as the intermediary in government-to-government sales of defence equipment, supplying air and ground forces in more than 60 countries.
Possible connections to Lockerbi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipol |
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